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Ed
Williams is a lifetime football fanatic.
He began playing organized football in junior
high and went on to be a four-year letter
winner in high school. During his high school
football career, he was named All Conference,
All District, and Senior Lineman of the
Year for the Southeast Region.
Ed
then went on to play college ball at Central
Methodist University where he was named
Freshman Scout Team Player of the Year
and received Honorable Mention All Conference
twice. Following college, he went on to
play semi-professional football for four
years.
Since
1998, Ed had been coaching Little League
football, an endeavor he finds very rewarding.
Ed has been coaching women's semi-professional
football in Kansas City since its inception
in 2003.
Coach
Ed led the team to a 6-2 finish in 2007,
wining the Mid-South division of the IWFL.
Prior to assuming the head coaching duties
in 2007, Ed was the defensive line coach.
He was also the offensive coordinator
for the Kansas Kaos, a local men's semi-professional
team.
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Defensive
Coordinator
Jermaine "Bru" Goodwin |
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Bru is a native of St. Louis and simply a
student of sports. His love of sports led
him to Wichita State University where he received
a degree in sports administration. While attending
Wichita State, he began his coaching career
with a local youth football league. His success
as a coach earned him the distinct honor of
being named an All Star Coach for two consecutive
seasons.
After a short break, he returned to the
women's game in 2007 to lead the defense
to three shut-outs on the season.
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Offensive
Line
Larry Stoner |
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Larry Stoner is the Offensive Line Coach for
the Kansas City Tribe. It is his second year
coaching women's tackle football, but Coach
Stoner has been involved with various levels
of football for over 25 years. He started
as a Board Member for the Independence Missouri
POP Warner organization in 1980 and continued
in that position until 1985. He then served
as a member of the Truman High School Patriots
Booster Club from 1985-1995.
Beginning in 1998, he coached the Truman High
School Freshman Football Team for five years,
through the 2003 season. He also served as
Statistician for the Truman Varsity Squad.
Coach Stoner is currently coaching the Independence
School District 8th Grade Football Team during
the Tribe's off-season. |
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Defensive
Line
Aaron Sawyer |
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Sawyer just finished his first year coaching
women's football in 2007. He helped lead the
team to three defensive shut-outs on the season.
He has coached youth football for several
years and has extensive playing experience. |
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Wide
Receivers
Michelle Albanese |
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Michelle is entering her sixth year of coaching
women's tackle football. She started her career
in St. Louis as an assistant coach for the
Slam (NWFA) in the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
A job transfer brought her to her to Kansas
City in 2005 and she has been coaching women's
football here since. |
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Linebackers
Chris Collins
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Chris Collins joins the Tribe coaching staff
with a wealth of playing experience at all
different levels of football. After being
a three-sport standout in high school, Collins
went on to Highland Community College where
he played wide receiver and safety. While
at HCC, he was named to the Jayhawk Conference
All-Star team. After HCC, Collins moved on
to Friends University in Wichita Kansas. While
in Wichita, Colllins competed on the Wichita
Stealth and then the Wichita Aztecs as a defensive
end, where he received honors as an all star
in the CFL Division. Coach Collins currently
plays linebacker for the Kansas Kaos. He was
named an NAFL All-Star at the linebacker position
in the 2007 season, his first with the team. |
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